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Vocal Cord Paralysis Following I-131 Ablation of a Postthyroidectomy Remnant

Departments of Surgery and Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington D.C.

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Thomas C. Lee, MD, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

ABSTRACT

Vocal cord paralysis has been reported following I-131 therapy of thyrotoxicosis and following ablation of the whole thyroid. However, this rare complication has not previously been described following I-131 ablation of a postthyroidectomy remnant. We report a patient who required tracheostomy for bilateral vocal cord paralysis following I-131 ablation after near-total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma.